Test-tube meat is coming to Europe. First up is chicken

However, if you want to try roasted chicken legs that were created without breeding (often inhumane) and killing birds, you still have to wait. First, So far, laboratory-grown poultry meat has only been approved for sale in one European country: Great Britain. So you have to travel outside the European Union.

Secondly, and more importantly, it has just been approved Meatly’s product is not intended for human use. It is certainly safe for our stomachs, but it is far from being a gourmet dish. Meatly will add lab-grown chicken tissue to pet food. So it is the same situation as with insect protein in Poland.

Production begins with taking a small sample of cells from a chicken egg and cultivating them in a suitable medium. When they are mature, they are placed in a container similar to a brewery vat. There they will be fed and multiply until they fill the container with a mass resembling a pate. Meatly food will hit stores in 2024, and in the following years the company will focus on scaling and reducing costs.

People who cannot imagine life without their animal companions and are against the slaughter of other animals should be pleased with the new law. It is always a step in protecting the environment and saving some water.

According to data from the University of Winchester half of pet owners have nothing against laboratory meat in their food your dogs and cats, and 32% would eat dishes with such meat themselves. The UK government wants to make this possible as soon as possible. Lab-grown meat has been approved for human consumption in Israel and Singapore. By comparison, states like Florida and Alabama ban it completely.